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Neil Diamond’s song catalogue acquired by Universal Music

Universal Music Group has announced the acquisition of Neil Diamond’s song catalogue, as well as the rights to all recordings from his career. Diamond, 81, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide since launching his career in 1962, making ...

28 Feb 2022 at 15:25

David Bowie estate sells his publishing rights in multi-million dollar deal

Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has acquired the publishing rights to David Bowie’s back catalogue in a deal reported to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The agreement covers songs from 26 studio albums released during the British artist’s ...

03 Jan 2022 at 16:25

Music

Universal acquires Sting’s song catalogue in latest deal

Sting has sold his entire songwriting catalogue to Universal, marking the publishing group’s latest high-profile acquisition. The deal includes both his solo work and albums with The Police – encompassing hits such as Roxanne, Every Breath You ...

10 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Music

Universal announces long-term deal with ‘once-in-a-generation’ talent The Weeknd

Universal Music has extended its long-term deal with The Weeknd, which will see the company manage his entire music catalogue, merchandise and audio-visual projects. The R&B superstar, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has previously produced ...

29 Apr 2022 at 00:25

Music

Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus to work with YouTube on AI music project

Abba band member Bjorn Ulvaeus and the estate of American music star Frank Sinatra are set to work with YouTube and Universal Music on a new artificial intelligence (AI) project. The daughter of Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, who is also a ...

21 Aug 2023 at 19:46

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Taylor Swift record label to pull music from TikTok in dispute over payments

Music by artists such as Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Adele could be pulled from TikTok after a breakdown in talks between Universal Music Group and the social media platform over royalties. The record label has said it will ...

31 Jan 2024 at 13:08

Music

TikTok and Universal settle music royalties dispute

Millions of songs will be restored to TikTok after the social media platform settled a dispute with Universal Music Group over royalties. The end of the row means users will once again be able to make TikTok videos featuring ...

02 May 2024 at 13:26

Music

Frank Zappa estate is latest to be acquired by Universal Music Group

The estate of American musician Frank Zappa is the latest acquisition by Universal Music Group (UMG), including the singer-songwriter’s recordings, song catalogue and film archive. Experimental musician Zappa had a ...

30 Jun 2022 at 19:33

Music

Simon Cowell to pair music industry stars with TikTok users in new project

Simon Cowell says his latest project pairing some of music’s biggest songwriters and producers with social media creatives may be the industry’s “missing link”. The music mogul said very few unestablished artists ...

19 Oct 2022 at 08:50

Music

Simon Cowell says he was ‘really unhappy’ and a workaholic before becoming a dad

Simon Cowell has admitted to being “really unhappy” and working too much until his son was born eight years ago. The music mogul and TV personality behind Britain’s Got Talent and The X-Factor said he was ...

30 Oct 2022 at 03:18

World

Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

A hip-hop superstar beef has been cranked up another notch after Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s “diss” track Not Like Us. The lawsuit, filed in federal court ...

15 Jan 2025 at 20:10

World

iHeartMedia says dispute with Drake was settled because it ‘did nothing wrong’

Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.” Drake had alleged in a legal petition ...

04 Mar 2025 at 17:09

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